Ion by Bladez 7.9T Treadmill Brand BladezFitness Type TreadmillsSports Type Personal Fitness Details Space Saving Folding D...
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OK, so you’ve finally realized that the extra stuff clinging onto your belt is not a family of possums, or maybe your sweetums mentioned that you either get fit or take the dust gathering trapeze out of the bedroom. You know that the 12 pills for $29.95 didn’t work and that it all comes down to diet, aerobic exercise, and strength conditioning. The 7.9T will address the aerobic part of the equation at an excellent price for the value.
Price was the most significant factor for me. The MSRP is $1000 and originally I think it was around $1200. I got it on sale for $799 in June 2007 and saw it at the same store, MC Sports, for $699 in January 2008. Surprising because winter time is the biggest season for people to buy home exercise stuff esp after the fattening holiday season.
I’m not yet at the stage of turning it into a huge clothes hanger. I put it to good use for 30-45 minutes a session 3-4 times a week, and alternate days I use a Pro-Form elliptical cross-trainer to work other muscles while getting the aerobic benefit. Placed in front of the TV and keeping a pace that is not painful or exhausting, I hardly notice the time spent.
I’ve probably used only 10% of the features because being older I want to make my own program daily. I just vary the speed and incline to suit how I’m feeling. The more serious user has a choice of 8 programs each with 10 levels. It seems to meet just about every need although I guess Iron Man competitors would disagree.
The noteworthy features are:
—A space saving folding Design with integrated safe drop lowering system. This means that it is very easy to lift the floor or platform up to about a 75 degree angle so the “footprint” or floor space does not take up so much room when not in use. Those with apartments or who want to keep it in a bedroom will find this very valuable.
– Warranty is Lifetime Frame, Lifetime Motor, and 1 Year Parts & Labor. If you have a machine that has a malfunction then you are going to have to call someone in all probability unless you have a couple of friends willing to help you wrestle 250 pounds into a truck to take it for service. Motors are the biggest problems for treadmills and this one has a 2.5 horsepower unit. I could not find anything nearly comparable at the price paid. Sure, if I went to the Precor for $3K-$5K I guess the Bladez would look deficient, but having used a Precor in a YMCA I could find little difference except that the Precor was massive.
— Blue backlit LCD display shows Time, Distance, Speed, RPM, Heart Rate & Calories. Easy to read numbers as you press one button to get the different readings.
— Active Flex shock absorption provides the ideal level of comfort regardless of user weight or running style for people up to 350 pounds. I believe that there was a significantly better “feel” with this feature. It wasn’t like going across a lush lawn or soft soil but neither was it the same as hitting asphalt and risking all sorts of foot injury.
I could be picky and say that it would have been more convenient if the level and speed changes by buttons were in one unit increments (1,2,3,4…10) instead of two (2,4, 6, 8, 10), but that’s no big deal.
Very happy with this purchase that was made by a company just expanding from the commercial market to the residential private sector. Six months of use for an exercise machine is a record for me. I, however, probably will still take the trapeze out of the bedroom so I don’t have to repair any more drywall.
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